Bank-A-Ball
Gottlieb, 1965
Beat the Clock
Williams, 1963
Swing-Along
Gottlieb, 1963
Thoro Bred
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Quoted from AlexF:That is a neat feature. Metro I think is the last to use it. Gusher would be the first. Sea Wolf is another that had it. I'm not sure if there are any others.
I think there's one other; 1960 Williams "Music Man" if I'm not mistaken. I'd love to find a "Metro".
Quoted from mof:I'd like to know about a few EM firsts:
1. first inlanes?
2. first 3" flippers?
3. first spinner?
4. first horeshoe?
According the the IPDB:
1.(1965) 'Bank-A-Ball' was the first pinball machine produced with flipper return lanes, which are wireforms that allow the ball to roll behind the slingshot and towards a waiting flipper. According to the book All About Pinball, Paradise and its add-a-ball version Pleasure Isle were the first games designed to have return lanes. However, Gottlieb rescheduled the production of Bank-A-Ball so that it could be released first.
2. (1971 "Play Ball") First Gottlieb game to use 3 inch flippers bats.
3. (1963 "Swing Along") According to the flyer, this was the first machine to feature spinning targets.
Not according to the IPDB:
4. My best guess is that it was worn by the first "hore".
In another thread, someone mentioned 1947 Williams "Torchy". It has under-playboard electromagnetic coils which alter the trajectory of the ball. This feature is now often used in modern games, but as far as I know, this was the first appearance of this type of device.
Quoted from zarco:Another is Wms TORCHY which may be the first with under the PF electromagnets.
I mentioned that in post #58 above.
Quoted from MarkG:I think '69 Bally On Beam is the only game to have a "Swivel-Type Ball-Ejector Assembly". It's a ball return kicker that can be swiveled to return the ball to the playfield from the out hole instead of sending it to the shooter lane.
See:
https://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=1715&picno=82131&zoom=1
https://online.fliphtml5.com/vrtyz/axun/#p=120
Bally "King Rex" also has such a feature.
https://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=1376&picno=33495
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